Since humans migrated from Africa and dispersed throughout the world, they have found countless ways and reasons to reconnect with one another. In this entertaining book, Nayan Chanda follows the exploits of traders, preachers, adventurers, and warriors throughout history as they have shaped and reshaped the world. For Chanda, globalization is a process of ever-growing interconnectedness and interdependence that began thousands of years ago and continues to this day with increasing speed and ease.

In the end, globalization - from the lone adventurer carving out a new trade route to the expanding ambitions of great empires - is the product of myriad aspirations and apprehensions that define just about every aspect of our lives: What we eat, wear, ride, or possess is the product of thousands of years of human endeavor and suffering across the globe.

Chanda reviews and illustrates the economic and technological forces at play in globalization today and concludes with a thought-provoking discussion of how we can and should embrace an inevitably global world.

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Listener Opinions

Lalu | 10/23/2012

" Kidna word, kinda felt like I had ADD with this book but awesome information! "

William | 8/14/2012

" Surprise! Globalization is not a new phenomenon. Well done look at the long process of the race seperating and coming back together. "

Cory | 5/21/2012

" I loved the first chapter about tracing the human genome back to Africa and how the whole book emphasized our interconnectedness. Objective and inspiring. "

Nivedita | 5/5/2012

" Filled with some fantastic trivia apart from doing a very good job about explaining the fascinating history of globalization. "

Susan | 12/3/2011

" This book provides a thorough overview of the subtle, constant process of globalization through history. Anyone who thinks that globalization is a new process, one that can be stopped, will be surprised. "

Nothing | 8/20/2011

" Globalization,the word has been used to death. In a very short and easy overview Chandra argues a simple but prescient point; Globalization is not new and its not bad. "

Tom | 1/20/2011

" Good read tracing humans out of Africa movement and the relationship that the T,P,A and W contributed to spreading connectivity and commerce. "

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